An 18k gold Art Nouveau bee brooch - image-1
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Lot 65 Dα

An 18k gold Art Nouveau bee brooch

Auction 1173 - overview Cologne
02.06.2021, 14:00 - Jewellery and Boxes
Estimate: 1.500 € - 1.800 €
Result: 3.000 € (incl. premium)

An 18k gold Art Nouveau bee brooch

The body naturalistically rendered in polychrome ronde bosse enamel, the wings in transluscent plique à jour, the eyes set with sapphire cabochons. Some minor surface abrasions to the translucent enamel of the head. The enamel with slight craquelure in some areas. L 3.2 cm. Weight 8.79 g.
Presumably late 19th C.